Stanley Hastings, a down-on-his-luck writer who moonlights as a detective, is back in the detective game. Dismally amateurish, Stanley isnt looking for trouble. Hes just trying to stay in one piece while signing up accident victims for an ambulance-chasing attorney. But trouble is looking for Stanley -- and her name is Pamela. Bored young housewife, Pamela Berringer is trapped in a call-girl racket while her unsuspecting hubby is at the office all day. Stanley Hastings, hero, answers the call of chivalry and locks horns ...
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Stanley Hastings, a down-on-his-luck writer who moonlights as a detective, is back in the detective game. Dismally amateurish, Stanley isnt looking for trouble. Hes just trying to stay in one piece while signing up accident victims for an ambulance-chasing attorney. But trouble is looking for Stanley -- and her name is Pamela. Bored young housewife, Pamela Berringer is trapped in a call-girl racket while her unsuspecting hubby is at the office all day. Stanley Hastings, hero, answers the call of chivalry and locks horns with street toughs and pimps. Can Stanley rescue her from the pimp whos blackmailing her with a porn video? Like a true knight-errant, Stanley gumshoes to the pimps apartment -- only to walk in on murder. Now Stanley is the number one murder suspect, while desperately seeking the real killer in a world of sex for sale, where money can buy anything -- even sudden death. Dangerously close to scandalous murder, Stanley finds himself struggling to save his career and his life.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 20x20x20; Flat signed by Hall on the title page. The binding is tight, bottom corner of the front panel lightly bumped. Text unmarked. The dust jacket shows some very light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 256pp.
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Like New in Like New jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($17.95 price intact). Published by Donald I. Fine, 1987. Octavo. Red cloth boards stamped in black. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. 256 pages. ISBN: 9781556110580. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Signed By Parnell Hall On The Title Page. Signature Only. Received In Person. Book Is In Very Good Condition. Boards Have A Light Amount Of Shelf Wear/Rub, A Bit Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Moderate Amount Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good Condition. Small Amount Of Chip And Crinkle Along The Edges. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Wrapper. Thanks And Enjoy.
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As New in Near Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Hall was awarded The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award from PWA, in 2015. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's second mystery, featuring Stanley Hastings, actor and private investigator in New York City. "Hall made his notable debut with 'Detective'. His hero, timid New York City private eye Stanley Hastings, recounts his new exploits here. By turns hair-raising and hilarious, the story concerns the troubles of Pamela Berringer, who lives in the same building as the detective's family and has a child in their son's kindergarten class. Pamela has been forced into prostitution because a pimp holds a tape that shows her as a seemingly consenting sex partner of a "client, " but she was actually duped into the rendezvous. A thoroughly frightened Stanley goes to the pimp's lair in hopes that no one is at home so he can search for the tape. He finds it, but unluckily, he also finds the blackmailer fatally stabbed, and once more comes under fire from suspicious Sergeant MacAuliff, his nemesis in the first mystery. To clear his name, Hastings must produce evidence against the killer; in fear and trembling, he insinuates himself into the company of hoodlums and other murderous types. In the close, the author delivers a surprise that stresses the sleuth's warm, human side rather than his daring fecklessness."--Publishers Weekly.
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Helaine Messer (Author photograph) Very good in Very good jacket. The format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. 256 pages. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To Stan Stirman Best wishes Parnell Hall. Small ink notation on rep. This work was a Troll Book Club selection. This is the second in the author's Stanley Hastings series. When Stanley Hastings, a chivalrous gentleman but mediocre detective, agrees to help prostitute Pamela Berringer free herself from her pimp, Stanley winds up as the number one suspect in a murder investigation. Parnell Hall (October 31, 1944-December 15, 2020) was an American mystery writer. His works include the Puzzle Lady and the Stanley Hastings series, as well as the screenplay to the 1984 cult classic C.H.U.D. He collaborated with Manny Nosowsky for crossword puzzles and with Will Shortz for sudoku puzzles incorporated in Puzzle Lady stories. He also wrote under the pen name J.P. Hailey, under which he wrote the Steve Winslow series. He co-authored "Smooth Operator" with Stuart Woods. In 2019, Malice Domestic gave him an award for Lifetime Achievement. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: Hall made his notable debut with Detective. His hero, timid New York City private eye Stanley Hastings, recounts his new exploits here. By turns hair-raising and hilarious, the story concerns the troubles of Pamela Berringer, who lives in the same building as the detective's family and has a child in their son's kindergarten class. Pamela has been forced into prostitution because a pimp holds a tape that shows her as a seemingly consenting sex partner of a "client, '' but she was actually duped into the rendezvous. A thoroughly frightened Stanley goes to the pimp's lair in hopes that no one is at home so he can search for the tape. He finds it, but unluckily, he also finds the blackmailer fatally stabbed, and once more comes under fire from suspicious Sergeant MacAuliff, his nemesis in the first mystery. To clear his name, Hastings must produce evidence against the killer; in fear and trembling, he insinuates himself into the company of hoodlums and other murderous types. In the close, the author delivers a surprise that stresses the sleuth's warm, human side rather than his daring fecklessness.